obsequies
Example Sentences
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I don’t want to add here to the emotional obsequies being written for the Washington Post, after its latest round of contraction last week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The diplomatic focus will be on the part of St Peter's Square where presidents and prime ministers, princes and monarchs will sit waiting for the obsequies to begin.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025
Collective memory cannot be battered into adoring someone by official obsequies.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2013
In his radio interview, Mr. Medinsky pledged to make it an occasion to remember and to observe all the obsequies.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2012
Rev. Father Quinn of St. James' Roman Catholic church, conducted the obsequies for Edward Mansfield and Margaret Louise Dee, the children of William Dee, at the residence, 3133 Wabash avenue.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
